Flexible eye-guard.



No. 857,689; PATENTED JUNE 25, 1907 H. M. TIL'ESTON. FLEXIBLE EYE GUARD.APPLICATION BIL-ED 4133.4.1906.

HENRY M. TILEs'roN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FLEXIBLE EYE-GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1907.

Application filed April 4,1906.; Serial No- 309,852.

[0 ML whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. TILESTON, a citizen of the United Statesand a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,useful Improvements in Flexible Eye-Guards, of which the following, whentaken in connection with the drawing accompanying and forming a parthereof, is a full and. complete description, sufficient to enable thoseskilled in the art to which it pertains to understand, make, and use thesame.

The object of the invention is to obtain an eye guard which may be wornwithout in. jury to the eyes or fatigue to the face of the wearer. Toobtain an eye guard which will enable the wearer to obtain a wide'angleof vision. To obtain an eye guard which can be worn without the removalby the wearer thereof of the ordinary eye glasses or spectacles.Toobtain an eye guard so constructed that particles of dust, cinders andother articles or things which are injurious .to the eyes will not beforced or find way, therethrough, when the wearer is-moving rapidlyalong a railroad track, a road, street orhighway; as in an engine orautomobile. To obtainan eye guard which will conform to the features ofthe face of the wearer sufliciently close to properly protect the eyesof the wearer from dust, and the like, without being madeparticularly'for such face, and without regard to whether such wearerhas deep set or protruding eyes.

In the drawing accompanying this specification Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of an eye guard embodying the invention. Fig. 2

is a plan. VleW of the flexible top to the eye guard. Fig. 3 is a planview of one of the pieces forming the flexible bottom of the eye guard.Fig. 4 is a plan view of the front of the eye guard, showing aportion'of the side wings of the guard attached thereto. Fig. 5, is aplan vi w of one of the side wings of the eye guard. Fig. 6 is a planview of the blank of a flexible frame used to attach the lenses of theeye guard to the front and side wins thereof, respectively, and Fig. 7is a side e evation of the blank illustrated in Fig. 6, with the prrongsthereof bent, up into shape to form a ame to secure the lenses of theeye guard in place.

A reference letter used to'designate a given part is applied to indicatesuch part throughout the several figures of the drawing, wherever thesame appears.

' of soft lea A, B and B are the front and side wings of the frame ofthe eye guard. Such front and side wings are preferably cut out in asingle piece of flexib e sheet metal, celluloid,

have invented certain new and card board or'other suitable material, and

the side wings severed from the front and then rejoined thereto by ahinge. Such hingev is preferably made of leather, cloth or other dustproof material, as C, C, held and attached to such sides and frontbyIthe stitching D, D.

E," E, is the binding of the eye guard, preferably consistin of felt,cloth or leather held in lace by stitc ies e, e. i

- he part F, (Fig, 2), and right and left ones of the part G (Fig. 3),preferably made t er, as kid,- are secured to the front A and side wingsB, B, as by stitches H, H, (Fig. 1,) to form hoods.

The wings B, B, will stand at substantially a right angle to the frontA, when the wings are opened to the full extent permitted by the topiece F, and at such time there will be a fu lness to the parts G, G, dueto the fact that the edges g of part G, are respectively attached to thecurved edge a of front A and edges g, g, are attached to the bottomedges of wings B, B, respectively, as at g, g, with the angle g of suchart G greater than a right angle. This ullness of the parts G, G, issufficient so that the parts lie upon the'face of the wearer of the e eguard.

are apertures in frames A, B, and B res 'ectively.

J, are lenses attached to frames A, B,'and B over the apertures I, 1,respectively.

K, is a blank, preferably of tin, and provided with prolongations orfingers 7c,

K is an aperture in blank K.

Prolongations 7c, 7c, are respectively bent u into substantially theposltion shown in Flg. 7, and parts k thereo are on the inside of theframe 'to which such part is attached while the remaining part thereofis on the outside of the frame with the lenses inter piosed between itand the frame. Parts K, thus form flexible rims by means of which thelenses are attached to the frame of the eye guard. Prolongation ksubstantially covers the straight end edge of the ap erture over whichit is placed and thus prevents the driving of dust or other smallparticles of matter through between the lens and the frame to the eyesof the wearer.

When the eye guard is in position on the face of the wearer goodsight isobtained both to the front and to the forehead above the eyes,- the nosenotch straddles lower hoods (parts G, G,), are in contact with the facebelow the eyes.

The frame A and side wings B, B, may be of perforate or imperforatematerial; but when made of imperforate material, as shown in thedrawing, the parts F and G, G, are perforated as at L, L, for thepurposeof admitting air to the eyes,-for ventilation.

. The lenses may be made of mica, or other flexible material or ofglass. I

M is an elastic cord, by means of which the eye guard is held in placeon the face of the wearer.

The eye guard constructed as herein described is collapsible, that is,the'wings may be folded down on the front and the device may thus beeasily carried in a case or in the pocket.

The binding E protects the ends of' the flexible hinges C,C,-respectively, and also furnishes a foundation to which the parts orpieces F and G may, respectively, be stitched by stitches H, H.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is;

1. In an eye guard the combination of a frame consisting of a front andside wings, flexible hinges to attach the side wings to the front, suchwings and front respectively provided with apertures therein and lensesover the apertures, with hoods attached to the front and wings, theupper one of the hoods arranged to limit the opening of the Win s fromthe front and the lower one of the hoo s arranged to lie loosely on theface of the wearer of the device; and such hoods arranged to fit theface of the wearer to exclude dust and the like; substantially asdescribed.

2. In an eye guard a flexible frame comprising a front, side wings eachprovided with apertures a hinge of flexible material the nose, and theconnecting the wings and front and a flexible 1 binding in combinationwith lenses over the apertures, and flexibleventilated hoodsredescribed.

4. Aneye guard consisting of front win s and hoods, the hoodsconstructed of flexib e material, in combination with hinges of flexiblematerial joining the wings and front to ermit the wings to be folded,glown on the ont, and a binding of flexible material, such bindingcovering the ends of the flexible hinges and arranged to form thefoundation to which the hoods are attached; substantially as described.

5. In an eye guard, a flexible frame comprising a front providedwithapertures and side wings provided with apertures, in combination withlenses to the a ertures, rims of flexible sheet metal provide withprolongations to attach the lenses in place, the prolongation on thestraight side of the rim extending the entire length of the straightside of the aperture in the wings, a hinge of flexible materialconnecting the wings to the front, a flexible hood connecting the wingsto the front to limit their relative moveinent and to conform to thefeatures above the eyes, additional hoods fitting loosely to thefeatures below the eyes and means to hold the eye guard in place;substantially as described.

HENRY M. TILESTON.

Witnesses:

CHARLES TURNER BROWN, CORA A. ADAMS.

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